GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst
GCFA
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Exam at a glance
- Exam fee
- Certification attempt fee is $999, retake is $899, renewal is $499, and practice exam is $399
- Questions on exam
- 82 questions
- Duration
- 3 hours
- Passing score
- 71% for exam versions released on or after 2023-03-18
- Retake policy
- Certification attempts must be completed within 120 days after activation
- Validity
- Four years
Published exam facts, from the official outline.
What’s on the GCFA exam
- Analyzing Volatile Malicious Event Artifacts
- Analyzing Volatile Windows Event Artifacts
- Enterprise Environment Incident Response
- File System Timeline Artifact Analysis
- Identification of Malicious System and User Activity
- Identification of Normal System and User Activity
- Introduction to File System Timeline Forensics
- Introduction to Memory Forensics
- NTFS Artifact Analysis
- Windows Artifact Analysis
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